Burke is a part of Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The area was named after Silas Burke a resident of the area during the nineteenth century. Silas Burke was a farmer and local politician whose house still stands in Burke. Burke Centre is one of the largest developments within Burke which is managed by the Burke Centre Conservancy Home Owners Association. The Burke Centre Conservator is the monthly newsletter that the home owners association uses to keep in communication with the members. The newsletter is mailed out each month to all residents living in Burke, those residents living outside of Burke, and others who have a subscription to the newsletter.

The Burke Centre Conservator newsletter collection documents the monthly activities of Burke Centre, such as elections, programs and festivals.

The only series in this collection is titled newsletter. The series contains the monthly newsletter, the Burke Centre Conservator, from 1977 to 1993. Also in the series are seasonal programs of events, directory, rules and regulations, Architectural Review Board (ARB) Guidelines Revision Meeting minutes, and other documents. The majority of the collection is the monthly newsletter. The series is contained within four boxes.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Burke Centre Conservator newsletter collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

The Burke Centre Conservator newsletter collection was originally attached to the larger Planned Community Archives collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives. In 2009 the documents were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections and Archives at George Mason University Libraries. The old box and folder numbers are also included as part of the new arrangement.

The series contains the monthly newsletter, the Burke Centre Conservator. Also in the series are seasonal programs of events, directory, rules and regulations, Architectural Review Board (ARB) Guidelines Revision Meeting minutes, and other documents.